UConn's Malachi plays fun guessing game! Dan Hurley or Jimmy V?

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00:00Number five, UConn men's basketball is all set to take on the defending national champs, the Florida Gators.

00:05That's on Tuesday night at the Garden, the first round of the Jimmy V Classic, presented by Modelo.

00:11I want to welcome back to the city, Bronx native and St. Raymond High School star, Huskies guard, Malachi Smith.

00:18Malachi, I got the fresh twist for the Garden, looking all fresh, man.

00:21How you feeling, man?

00:23I'm good. I'm feeling good, ready to play, excited to play in my hometown.

00:26I can tell by the pat down, you're ready to throw some threes up there, man.

00:30All right, let's talk about you guys playing back at Madison Square Garden.

00:35Everyone knows it's called Stores South.

00:38As a kid from the Bronx, what's it like for you to be playing back at the Garden again?

00:45Yeah, well, the first game, I was just excited just to play in my hometown.

00:49And then just to play in the Garden, which is probably the best arena in the country to play in.

00:56You know, it's just very exciting, just, you know, playing in front of my friends, family,

01:00and just the legendary history that the Garden has.

01:04So what would be your best game or memory at the Garden growing up as either a fan or a player?

01:12Yeah, this one's a no-brander for me.

01:14I was going to say Kemba Walker, you know, that cardiac step back.

01:17And that's legendary for me, just knowing he's from the Bronx as well.

01:21And, you know, the severity of that step back, getting when a jump shot was, gave me all the inspiration.

01:29Well, you had your own little step back on that four-point play earlier this year versus Illinois.

01:33So a two-part question here.

01:36Talk us through that play.

01:37And then two, whose step back was better, yours or Kemba's?

01:42I answer the first question first.

01:44So, yeah, I just seen the shot clock.

01:48You know, I don't know.

01:49I seen the sideline.

01:50My coaches told me, shoot it.

01:52And I just wanted to make sure I hit the rim.

01:56But I made it, though.

01:57So that's all that matters.

01:59And I'll say I'm humble.

02:01So I'm going to say Kemba was – I look up to Kemba, so I can't disrespect.

02:07All right.

02:07There we go, man.

02:08All right.

02:09It's going to be a rematch for you guys against Florida.

02:11You were at Dayton last year when they kind of knocked you guys out of the dance.

02:16So what's that – like talking to guys who were on the team last spring,

02:21is there a little bit of like a get-back there?

02:24And what's it going to take for you guys to pull off that first-round W?

02:28Yeah, it's definitely a get-back.

02:30You know, the intensity is still there from last year.

02:33You know, they had a chance to win it.

02:36It was a close game last year.

02:38And like I said before, the intensity is still there no matter what.

02:42I wasn't there before.

02:43So I just want to make sure, you know, we don't take any losses pretty well here.

02:47So we're going to make sure that, you know, we get the job done.

02:50All right, before I let you go, we're going to play a little game of who said it

02:54because legendary coach Jimmy V had some legendary quotes

02:57that we're always going to remember.

02:59Your coach, Coach Hurley, as you know, is a walking bar.

03:03So for who said it, I'm going to read a quote,

03:07and you tell me if it's Jimmy V or if it's Coach Hurley.

03:11First one, in every single day, in every walk of life,

03:15if ordinary people do extraordinary things, ordinary people accomplish

03:19extraordinary things, who said it, Jimmy V or Coach Hurley?

03:24I'm going to say Jimmy V.

03:25All right, you're right.

03:27You're correct.

03:28You're one for one.

03:28We got four of them, so you're one for one.

03:30You're one for one from the free throw line right now.

03:32Second one, the super soft media people that want to cancel me for being an intense coach.

03:38You're just going to stop it there?

03:40Who's that?

03:40Yeah, I already know.

03:41That's Coach Hurley.

03:41I already know.

03:42That's Coach Hurley.

03:42All right, let's move on to the next one.

03:45Maybe the people with the shovels and the dirt,

03:47maybe they were too quick to grab the shovel and throw the dirt on us.

03:51Maybe we'll see.

03:52Who said it?

03:54Jimmy V.

03:55Really?

03:57No.

03:58No, it's Dan Hurley right there, man.

04:00Coach, you never heard him with the shovel speech?

04:03He said, like, the people with shovels and dirt,

04:05they were quick to throw the dirt on them.

04:07So, you know, kind of try to bury UConn.

04:10And I forget what year that was, but it definitely went viral.

04:13And I was like, okay, Coach, with a little Wayne bar right there.

04:18Last but not least, last one, there are 84,600 seconds in a day.

04:23It's up to you to decide what to do with them.

04:27Who said it to close us off?

04:29Who said that?

04:31Hurley?

04:31Nah, that's a legendary Jimmy V.

04:35Yeah, I was about to say Jimmy V.

04:36Man, you got some Jimmy V homework before you hit another step back

04:40on Tuesday night, man.

04:42Well, I appreciate you hopping on with this.

04:44Welcome back home, man, and good luck to you guys

04:46in the Jimmy V Classic presented by Modelo.

04:49Appreciate it.

04:50Thanks for having me.

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